(11 Feb 2025)
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Paris, France – 11 February 2025
1. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi getting out of vehicle and being welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the start of Franco-Indian CEO forum
2. Various of starts of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Macron, French President:
"We don’t want to live in a world of confrontation between the US and China. But we don’t want to be dependent on none of them. So, this is a strong belief in the world of respect and sovereignty, of engagement but independence. And the Franco-Indian axis and, through our two countries, the axis between (the) Indo Pacific and European Union, I think makes a lot of sense because it creates an area of cooperation between big powers. And this is why we can cooperate on defence, we can cooperate on energy, on technology, on very sensitive issues because we do it with a perspective not to create new dependencies, but clearly on this basis to elaborate new cooperation, to reduce our dependency vis-à-vis the two big guys in the room(s). And in order to be stronger."
4. End of news conference, Modi and Macron shaking hands
STORYLINE:
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that India was a key ally for France and Europe.
Macron made the comments at a news conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with whom he co-hosted the Paris AI summit.
"The axis between (the) Indo Pacific and European Union, I think makes a lot of sense because it creates an area of cooperation between big powers," Macron told journalists.
The two leaders were heading to Marseille straight after the news conference for a bilateral meeting.
The summit laid bare a global power struggle over AI—Europe wants strict rules and public funding, China is expanding state-backed AI, and the U.S. is going all-in on a free-market approach.
Macron pitched Europe as a “third way”—a middle ground that regulates AI without smothering innovation or relying too much on the U.S. or China.
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